good arty zombie film

Rating: 8/10 (22 July 2003)

Danny Boyle directed this shot on DV zombie film as though it were an art film... The Digital Video look works for the most part, creating kindof a reality TV look that sortof works.. though some of the out of focus video stuff is kinda hard to watch.. Still the story, about a man who wakes up from a coma to discover most of London has been wiped out by a plague that has turned the survivors into zombies.. is actualy pretty good.. The mostly unknown performers are capable and the suspense builds properly, as main characters become zombiefied without notice... The second half, where the leads wind up hanging out withsome surviving (and possibly mad) military troops isnt quite as good and I was disapointed by the ending.. but the film is certainly a worthwhile experiment worth checking out. GRADE: B+